Electronics Recycling in Berkeley, CA

Berkeley's economy runs on continuous research cycles at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which means a steady stream of retired lab computers, server racks, and instrumentation that needs documented, compliant disposition — not just a truck that hauls old desktops away. Sustainability commitments on campus also mean departments increasingly ask for diversion reporting alongside pickup, not just proof that equipment left the building.

• University departments and research groups — lab workstations, server racks, and grant-funded equipment retired at the end of a project or funding cycle, often on tight timelines tied to lab turnover between principal investigators.
• National lab-adjacent contractors and vendors — equipment supporting LBNL work that requires documented chain-of-custody before disposal, including sensitive instrumentation that can't simply go out with the trash.
• Independent offices and retailers along Shattuck and Telegraph — standard office electronics turnover for the city's dense small-business core, from bookstores to medical and wellness practices.

Desktops, laptops, server and networking hardware, lab instrumentation, monitors, printers, all battery chemistries, and hard drives destroyed on-site or in-facility with a certificate of destruction — sized for both a single department's server room and a multi-building office cleanout. We coordinate with facilities and procurement staff who need asset lists and sustainability documentation to satisfy campus reporting requirements, not just a truck showing up.

Outside the lab, the list is the same as any office: copiers and printers, phone systems, TVs and monitors, modems and routers, UPS units, audio and video equipment, and battery-embedded devices. A department moving buildings can put all of it on one pickup.

Research groups usually want to know what happens after the equipment leaves. Our program runs in six steps. The first three happen at your site: containers and labels, training for the staff who fill them, and a pickup by our own crew. The last three happen at our Sacramento facility, where the load is tracked under a ticket number, processed with reuse first, and documented in reports that facilities and procurement staff can file. When diversion figures are part of the scope, they're based on documented processing weights.

Modern Waste Solutions holds ISO 9001, 14001, and 45001 certifications, giving research institutions the documentation trail their compliance offices expect. Every load is tracked from pickup through final disposition, which matters when a department's grant terms or a lab's data-handling policy requires proof of destruction.

No. In California, discarded electronics and batteries are universal waste, and state rules keep them out of trash carts, campus dumpsters and landfill. Berkeley offices and labs should set retired equipment aside for a documented pickup. Pickups are for businesses and institutions only, and we don't provide residential services. Individuals looking for ewaste recycling in Berkeley can use our sister company, Secure Recycle, at the same Sacramento address, 3921 Pell Circle, or a nearer site listed by CalRecycle.

Through us, on a scheduled pickup. Lab workstations and department servers go through server and IT equipment recycling, with the drives separated for data destruction first. If a grant or data-handling policy requires a serial-level record, include that in the scope so the drives are logged at pickup.

Request a quote and tell us whether your load includes server racks or lab equipment so we can plan the right vehicle and handling in advance. Departments coordinating a full lab or office decommission can request a walkthrough before the pickup date to confirm scope. We also serve nearby Oakland and Alameda.